Variation of conditions of probation (Section 8 of Probation of Offenders Act)
Legal provisions regarding variation of conditions of probation pass under Section 8 of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958.(1) If, on the application of a Probation Officer, any Court which passes an order under Section 4 in respect of any offender is of opinion that in the interests of the offender and public it is expedient or necessary to vary the conditions of any bond entered into by the offender, it may, at any time during the period when the bond is effective, vary the bond by extending of diminishing the duration thereof; so, however, that it shall not exceed three years from the date of the original order or by altering the conditions thereof by inserting additional conditions therein. However, no such variation shall be made without giving the offender…